Chinese health officials say H7N9 bird flu has killed 19 people in the country so far this year with the number of human infections up to 96. Even as health officials in the affected regions have gone on higher alert to fight the spread ...
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An asthma improvement initiative conducted by primary care physicians dramatically improved asthma outcomes for high-risk teens, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Maria Britto, director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic ...
Nearly 80 percent of U.S. office-based doctors used some type of electronic health record for patients in 2013, up from 18 percent in 2001, officials say. Chun-Ju Hsiao and Esther Hing of the National Center for Health Statistics -- part ...
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By Bruce Cochrane The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says, by maintaining the focus on biosecurity, there is opportunity for pork producers to protect their herds from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea. Last week the ...
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Ontario has confirmed a second case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) and a third is under investigation. Both are in the Chatham-Kent region. PED is usually fatal for very young pigs while older pigs can recover. The virus does not ...
By Jim Isleib, Michigan State University ExtensioninShare New farmers can benefit from careful assessment of their farm’s soils and planning for crop rotations and use of cover crops. Beginning farmers often start out with soils ...
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US-based Medac Pharma has reported the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acceptance of a new drug application (NDA) for its lead product candidate, MPI-2505, a subcutaneous injectable methotrexate (MTX) in a ready-to-use injection ...
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has announced the commercial availability of its PAXgene blood DNA tube, a blood collection tube designed specifically for IVD genomic DNA testing, in Europe. Initial target customers for the CE-marked ...
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Sapheon has announced the Health Canada approval for its VenaSeal sapheon closure system, designed to treat venous reflux disease (varicose veins). VenaSeal features a specially formulated medical adhesive that closes the saphenous vein. ...
AtheroMed has obtained marketing approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Phoenix atherectomy system for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD). Phoenix atherectomy system is a peripheral atherectomy catheter ...
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BioAlliance Pharma, an innovative Company dedicated to the development of orphan oncology, announced today that Validive (clonidine Lauriad) received a Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention ...
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Japanese pharmaceutical company Kyowa Hakko Kirin has announced the launch of its NESP injection 5μg plastic syringe as an additional formulation. Kyowa Hakko Kirin has obtained initial approval for NESP in July 2007. The long-acting ...
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In 2013 South Dakotans planted 617,000 acres of sunflowers. No other state came close to this number of acres. North Dakota was second, planting just under 500,000 acres of sunflowers in 2013. Sunflowers have been a successful and ...
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The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says early identification and timely response will be critical to containing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea if the virus makes its way into Canada. Porcine Epidemic ...
THURSDAY Jan. 23, 2014, 2014 -- Researchers who identified five new genes linked to belly fat say their findings could help efforts to develop medicines to treat obesity or obesity-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and ...